[Published: Aug 2, 2018]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

Today when I went to Jessica's locker in between classes and she told me, "You know that girl who ripped open my invitation?"

"Yeah," I nodded. "I think her name is Nikki Maxwell. She's, like, such an idiot."

"Yeah, she's is in my world history class. So today at the end of that class, when we were leaving, a paper fell out of her notebook. She didn't notice that, but I did. And guess what was on it?"

"What?" I asked.

Jessica showed me the paper. On it was a doodle of a guy with hearts around his face. In a heartbeat, I recognized him.

"Brandon!" I gasped. It was pretty easy to recognize him, because, I have to admit, her drawing was realistic. "Wait, she has a crush on him?!"

"Exactly!" Jessica said.

I laughed. "He's, like, totally out of her league."

Looking at the picture, I felt that she'd enter the art competition. Because she is, like, actually good at art.

It doesn't matter. She'd just have to realize that no matter how good she is, she's not better than me.

We had that math test today. It was easy – I'm pretty sure I'll score an A.

After math class, I went to the office to submit my entry form since today was the last day to fill the entry form for the art competition. Jessica and Taylor Wright were with me. After I came out of the office, I had an eerie feeling that I was being watched – other than from the security cameras.

I turned to see a pair of green eyes staring at me from behind a big potted plant.

Maxwell.

She was spying on me.

Isn't she crazy?

I pretended like I was leaving and told Jessica and Taylor, "You guys head for your classes. I just have to check on something."

"Okay," Jessica and Taylor nodded and went.

I turned my eyes to Nikki's hiding spot and saw that she was not there.

Where did she go?

And why was she spying on me?

I hid behind the plant. A few minutes later, she came out of the office looking a little relieved and collapsed on the wall.

So, she WAS entering it.

And, it seemed like it was a big deal for her.

Pathetic.

Like, was she living under a rock or what?

Or is she, like, still living under a rock?

Probably.

Whatever it is, I just needed to confirm whether she was entering or not. Just so I'd know what kind of opponents I'd have.

Anyway, since I had confirmed it, I got up and walked over to the water fountain to pretend like I came there to drink some water.

Before drinking it, I decided, why not squirt her with water first?

She deserved it; after all, she WAS spying on me. AND she ripped open Jessica's invitation.

Back at home, we got a new chauffeur. The previous one, Ben, resigned as he was moving to another state due to some personal reasons.

Mom gave him a goodbye gift when he left, and he was super grateful for that.

I still have to decide what to enter for the competition, though.

Toddles!

-MacKenzie

[WARNING: RANTING AHEAD]

Okay, here's something I don't like about DD. Mac was acting super weird in the books and, unless Nikki is lying, we all read that she was spying on Nikki.

For whatever reason?

It seems so weird that a respected CCP like MacKenzie would spy on someone as unpopular or as normal as Nikki.

It would make sense if the reason she spied on Nikki was to see what was so special in her that Brandon noticed Nikki more than Mac. But, it's too early in the series for Brandon to even notice Nikki. He barely even knows her.

So what do I not like about DD?

The fact that they give so much attention to Nikki that someone like Mac was spying on her for no reason.

It took me forever to come up with a reason for her to spy on Nikki. And even that, my readers, is still not convincing.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed my rant.